I would like to allow extra time for specific students not just for certain quizzes, but for ALL timed activities, since this is very often a part of a student's IEP. For example:

Quiz A: 10 minutes

Quiz B: 20 minutes

Quiz C: 15 minutes

Let's say that my IEP student Vernor Learner generally needs 15 extra minutes. I allow him the 15 minutes for ALL timed tasks, so he now gets 25, 35 and 30 minutes total on quizzes A, B and C, respectively.

This just saves me the time of granting extra time for each task and lets me get it all done at the start of the semester.

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Also, it would be helpful if personally created events could have the option to be manually marked by student as completed, i.e. personal reminders for unposted assignments, study group appointments, due dates, etc.

In higher ed, I think the more common scenario is to extend time as a multiplier of the original time. For example, in a class with quizzes and exams, the students would get 1.5x, 2x, 4x the original time of the test.

Our most common scenario is double time.

30 minute Quizzes become 60 minute quizzes

120 minute exams become 240 minute exams

In a class with 15 quizzes and 4 exams, this would mean 19 quizzes, which would need to be moderated for each student with accommodations. We have occasions that an instructor could have 4-5 students with needs for extended time.

So, for our purposes, having an additional x number of minutes would not work. We have occasions where the faculty push back about extra time because of the additional work required in setting up these tests, and our office has to assist them in setting them up in order to pro. Having a multiplier at the course level would be amazing and make this process much easier for our faculty!

You presented it perfectly! Nicely done. As Community Managers, we even struggle with some of the ideas... Are the ideas so intertwined that they are one, or are they ideas that could be implemented or developed in stages.... etc etc... We try our best to be transparent and articulate why we ask for some ideas to be broken apart!

"In higher ed, I think the more common scenario is to extend time as a multiplier of the original time. For example, in a class with quizzes and exams, the students would get 1.5x, 2x, 4x the original time of the test."

Thanks for the clarification, Constancia Wendt and Beth Young. The extra timing is very common in accommodation testing for students with documented disabilities, but as Joni mentioned above, it's always a percentage.

This would be beneficial so I do not need to constantly check and see what new class they are in and then manually set up all quizzes with extended time. Since this is a legal requirement that all student with IEPs, 504, etc be accommodated with extended time if listed so this would make sure that none get missed when taking new classes.

This same concept could also be accommodated the same way that Moodle does it. Under the Moderation of each quiz you can give extra time or attempts to a Group (rather than individual students). Then create a group for the students that have time and a half accomodations, maybe name the group something like "Extra Time" or "Accomodations Group" or IEP students".

This way you dont have to go into each quiz every year and define the extra time and/or attempts for each indivdual student. You can just define the extra time for the group and at the beginning of the year you just go into your group and delete out last years students and add the new students. Easy and simple. The quizzes will all still retain the settings to allow extra time to any students in that group.

I am a 504 homebound teacher and most of the students have extended time on their assignments, assessments and projects. It would be a great feature if the teacher could tag the student/s with extended time, no due dates, etc. Usually, I have to contact the teacher because the code expired or the assignment/assessment is closed. This means that I am at the mercy of the teacher and if the teacher doesn't respond in a timely manner, the student cannot move on causing the student to get further behind. Therefore, this would be a great feature to have in my opinion.